Ep 13 – The Breaking Point: When Silence Becomes Too Much to Bear

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Three Times A Victim – Living Under the Shadow of Toxic Shame

Bruce Whealton

16 episodes

6 days ago

A therapist devoted to healing others - including survivors of rape and trauma - becomes the victim of violence… and then gets arrested. Yes, they arrested the victim, not the perpetrator. The system fails him, punishing the very person it should have protected. A memoir podcast from Bruce Whealton, a writer, mental health professional, and trauma survivor. Based on the book Three Times A Victim. Please start with Episode 1—this is a true story meant to be heard in order, from Episode 1 to 15. Learn more: linktr.ee/brucewhealton. Same for Kathy, Bruce Sr. ., Carrie, and John Whealton

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Ep 13 – The Breaking Point: When Silence Becomes Too Much to Bear

Three Times A Victim – Living Under the Shadow of Toxic Shame

10 minutes 16 seconds

6 months ago

Ep 13 – The Breaking Point: When Silence Becomes Too Much to Bear

🕳️ “Justice wasn’t going to happen—not ever. And the truth about who I really was... didn’t matter.”

After years of false accusations, wrongful conviction, and the slow erosion of hope, Bruce reaches a devastating breaking point. This episode of Three Times A Victim reveals what happens when a person is silenced for too long—and when the system not only fails, but forgets.

💔 In This Episode:

✔️ The unbearable cost of injustice: isolation, despair, and suicidal thoughts

✔️ Toxic shame as a living wound that distorts identity and self-worth

✔️ The fear of never being believed, trusted, or able to work with children

✔️ Hospitalization as both crisis and lifeline

✔️ The desperate longing: “I cannot live with people thinking I could hurt a woman.”

⚠️ This is not just a story about trauma—it’s about the fragile line between survival and surrender.

And yet, amid the darkness, there are glimmers of something else: the deep human need to be believed. And the life-saving impact of compassion when it finally arrives.

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📘 Read the full memoir on Amazon:

bit.ly/ThreeTimesAVictimMemoir

🌐 Author’s Website:

bit.ly/ThreeTimesAVictimBook

🎧 YouTube Playlist:

bit.ly/ThreeTimesPodcast

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